Thread:SillyPotato/@comment-1164563-20190430000439/@comment-1971498-20190430124156

LegionZero wrote: He denies the persona to people he doesnt want to know who he was. Most people already blamed him for what happened and he was (in a twisted indirect way) the reason the town was attacked. Why put that on himself?

When the demon came out of the gate said that Dante "was still just a kid" heavily implying they had met before. Then why would he deny the truth from Earnest when Earnest already knows it anyway? Why would he play along with the family as Tony and keep the facade only to then reveal himself to not be the same Tony in both instances during serious conversations? That line of reasoning and logic doesn't make sense if he's just keeping a facade to hide his past, especially when the during the episode that the facade he put up was him playing as Earnest's friend, not the fact that he was a different person altogether.

Also correction, the demon said he "was still just a kid" within the present time, not of the past. The demon is referring to Dante's current young appearance in the anime, and he even implies that he didn't know what Dante looked like except that he's a son of Sparda, heavily implying that it's the first time they've met since he never knew what Dante looked like.

Here's the official dialogue exchange if you still need proof:

https://i.imgur.com/gfrvyzS.png

Again, these aren't speculations but clear facts portrayed in the episode.